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Macro Lens | Public Listings Are Not The Whole Inventory Story

  An exceptional luxury-contract week meets uneven demand and a new-development market with more inventory than public listings reveal. November 9, 2026 | Updated November 11, 2026 By Karen Kostiw Credit markets are becoming more cautious, yet Manhattan luxury buyers just produced the strongest week of aggregate asking-price volume since November 2021. Those realities are not Continue Reading

Weekly Market Snapshot: June Starts In High Gear

  June Prints Feel More Like April June opened with the feel of a full spring market rather than a quiet handoff into summer. Buyers were still out in force at open houses, board packages kept moving through committee, and new listings continued to arrive across the core neighborhoods rather than trickle in. The pace felt deliberate. Sellers tested the market with pricing that nodded to Continue Reading

Manhattan Weekly Market Snapshot: From Holiday Pause To Mid Market Pressure

Spring Rhythm In Motion After a quieter Memorial Day week, Manhattan stepped back into a more familiar late spring rhythm for the week of May 25. Supply kept building as we are moving closer to the summer window, while buyers concentrated in the $1M to $3M range, where monthly payments still pencil in a mid‑6% mortgage world. The result was a market that felt busy again, more choices on the Continue Reading

Flat Manhattan Prices, Sharper Buyer Decisions

Manhattan Weekly Snapshot: Flat Prices, Focused Buyers Spring in Manhattan feels busy when you are in the lobby and strangely calm when you look at the charts. New listings and signed contracts are building in line with the season. The price per square foot has settled into a narrow range that closely resembles the 2016–2018 range. UrbanDigs describes this as “a season of confusion.” Jonathan Continue Reading

The Executioner’s Market: When Vision Meets Velocity in Manhattan

    The Executioner’s Market: When Vision Meets Velocity in Manhattan The Manhattan luxury real estate market in February 2026 is an executioner’s market, where vision meets velocity. Manhattan entered the second week of February with a market that feels decisive rather than tentative. It is the kind of momentum that reminds us that real estate is never just about a transaction; Continue Reading

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Manhattan Market, May 5th, 2023

Manhattan Market Report for the week ending May 5, 2023, Supply closed out at 7,365, up 2%.  Pending Sales increase and sits at 2,955; off-market listings (delisting)  maintain the market pulse at a .41% level. At the spring topping point.  The seller's liquidity is here, so take action.  We are at the top of the peak selling season, so in another 45 days, the summer lull Continue Reading

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Manhattan Market Report, April 28, 2023

Manhattan Market Report for the week ending April 28, 2023, Supply closed out at 7,273, up 2%.  Pending Sales at 2,911 and off-market listings (delisting)  maintain the market pulse at a .40% level. Buyers are in the market and interested in homes in good condition that are priced by the market.  Those properties go into contract within 30 days.  Those properties lingering for Continue Reading

Manhattan Market Report, April 21, 2023

Manhattan Market Report for the week ending April 21, 2023, Supply closed out at 7,092.  Pending Sales at 2,898 and off-market listings (delisting)  maintain the market pulse at a .41% level.  Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates increased for the first time in over a month due to shifting market expectations. Home prices have stabilized somewhat, but with supply tight and rates Continue Reading

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Manhattan Market Report, February 17, 2023

Manhattan Market Report for the week ending February 17th, Supply closed out at 6,071 and trends up.  Pending Sales at 2,198 and off-market listings (delisting) maintain the market pulse at a .36% level.   In the past few weeks, spurred by the good weather and lower rates the brokerage community is witnessing a more robust buyer activity. Multiple offer situations depend on the Continue Reading

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